Search results

I'm playing a land druid and and I think the armor limitation is a fun feature to RP. Knowing that she couldn't just walk into a store and buy normal armor, it has been a major motivation for her to find something to make natural armor out of, the right person to make it, and enough gold to pay...

In our group we stick fairly close to RAW and RAI, but after some discussion agreed that it wasn't fun to keep track of which spells needed an arcane/divine focus and an empty hand. We use the following rules for VSM components: 1) Casters are able to cast spells if they are able to freely speak...

I wouldn't change anything that reduces the abilities/effectiveness of current PC's in an ongoing campaign that were built with the PHB rules. That's hard to pull off without the players feeling like you are retaliating against them for being good at what they wanted to be good at. I have...

Tempest cleric with booming blade would be my first choice, but my next choice would be a hill dwarf nature cleric for all the reasons mentioned above. I'd start with 10/14/16/8/16/10 for my hill dwarf stats. 12 hp at first level + 9hp/level - you'll keep pace with every melee class but...

UA Ranger, Gloomstalker. Would like to play this character in a 5e conversion of an old school dungeon delve like ToEE. Biding my time until I finish my current stint as DM (we rotate the DM chair twice a year).

Rod of Resurrection 12 Rod of Rulership 3 Staff of Healing 18 Staff of Power 23 Staff of Striking 16 Staff of the Magi 19 Staff of the Woodlands 20

Some creatures, when they hit with an attack, will do damage and also impose the grappled condition. Often there is a size limit on the grapple. My question is about the specific wording of the annis hag's Crushing Hug. Hit: 36 (9d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC...

My first thought was, "I would play these classes." My second thought was, "This kind of reminds me of 1e Basic D&D." I wonder if calling them "Sidekicks" is a smokescreen for introducing streamlined Basic D&D rules, perhaps for a new starter set box.

I'll grab the low hanging fruit. The latest Dragon+ from WotC has a free download called Winter's Splendor.

Rod of Absorption 20 Rod of Alertness 2 Rod of Lordly Might 19 Rod of Resurrection 22 Rod of Rulership 21 Rod of Security 18 Staff of Fire 19 Staff of Frost 21 Staff of Healing 21 Staff of Power 26 Staff of Striking 20 Staff of the Magi 27 Staff of the Woodlands 23 Staff of Thunder and Lightning...

I played one through 9th level just for a break from the draconic sorcerer I had played previously. Getting a free Darkness spell was nice because of how few spells sorcerers know, but I never thought it was worth 2 SP to cast unless I wanted to protect myself and others from "target you can...

Nice analysis. I see this build fairly often and have played it twice myself: once starting at level 1, and another time in a different group starting at level 9. From experience starting at level 1, getting EB, Hexblade Curse, a short rest recharging Shield spell, and unifying your attack and...

Spell acquisition. By adding 2 spells to your spellbook at each level, plus the ability to add any wizard spell you discover, the wizard repertoire very quickly outdistances any other arcane class. Familiars. Tome and Chain 'locks can get them, as can anyone who takes the magic initiate or...

The VSM requirements for spellcasting are a quirk from the early days that just won't die. There are so many ways around this now that it's time to admit it should go away. Keep the material components that cost something, do away with the rest, and let casters cast spells if they can speak...

Rod of Absorption 20 Rod of Alertness 8 Rod of Lordly Might 20 Rod of Resurrection 22 Rod of Rulership 21 Rod of Security 20 Staff of the Adder 4 Staff of Fire 21 Staff of Frost 21 Staff of Healing 20 Staff of Power 28 Staff of Striking 20 Staff of the Magi 26 Staff of the Woodlands 23 Staff of...

In actual play I would take HB after paladin 2 in order to switch over to Cha as the attack stat as early as possible. Based on the original post using 6th, 12th, and 16th level as snapshots I changed things up to optimize those specific levels, so I wanted to have the aura up to support spirit...

My big worry would be mental saves. If one of them fails a wisdom or cha save, they are likely out of combat. One of the heavy armor clerics paired with a paladin would be my first choice. Both half elves for extra skills. Thought about Vuman but darkvision, fey ancenstry and extra skills won...

I am immediately suspicious of anyone who wants to play a tabaxi. Invariably they want to role play cute cat cliches like batting at balls of yarn, licking their paws to groom themselves and curling up to nap in sunbeams. "I have white furry feet, my name is Socks, and I like to collect shiny...

I would not take both unless your are in melee a lot and self-buffing (eg paladins and hexblades). Like a good lore bard it sounds like you do your best to stay at range, so I would pass on War Caster. Assuming you have already maxed out your Cha, then I would go with Con +2 or a feat with your...

I should have said "clear path" since that is the language in the PHB. Line of sight is not really correct since you can target creatures you can't see as long as there is a clear path. In fact, this line of sight vs clear path debate came up at a table I was playing at during an AL epic earlier...